Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:57:55 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: "'Garrett Cooper'" <yanegomi@gmail.com>, "'Eitan Adler'" <lists@eitanadler.com> Subject: RE: sysinstall as a post-install tool Message-ID: <054901ccca73$83bb1ef0$8b315cd0$@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wSQY%2BBBzm22WstwVhCnmfENnE7vwfUiDYTKUzGUQQ10dQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnVAbRd-mrN%2BykDmXafPzQRJgaw9q=%2Bi%2BXqTzL26gWh5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wSQY%2BBBzm22WstwVhCnmfENnE7vwfUiDYTKUzGUQQ10dQ@mail.gmail.com>
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-sysinstall@ [re-]BCC'd. > -----Original Message----- > From: Garrett Cooper [mailto:yanegomi@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:50 PM > To: Eitan Adler > Cc: Devin Teske > Subject: Re: sysinstall as a post-install tool > > (sysinstall@ BCCed) > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In the the recent sysinstall thread there seems to be general > > agreement that having a post-install configuration tool is a good > > thing. Until such a tool is written I think it would be a good idea to > > use sysinstall for this purpose. I am willing to do the work to > > restore sysinstall and maintain it as a post-install tool until a new one is written. > > > > My plan would be to: > > > > - Restore sysinstall and libodialog > > - Statically link libodialog and make it specific to sysinstall > > A rewrite of sysinstall to use libdialog is not worth it. It > > would > > be better to just write a new configuration tool at that point. > > - Remove front end non-configure facing features (ie "upgrade" and > > installation options) > > - Remove scripting support from sysinstall > > > > Additionally I would agree to > > - Ensure that sysinstall continues to function as time goes on > > - Review and test patches to sysinstall > > > > What I am not agreeing to: > > - Rewrite sysinstall > > - Make a new tool > > > > Please follow up to freebsd-sysinstall@ > > Reviving sysinstall solely for this purpose is probably a big step backwards > (especially because it's after 9.0-RELEASE): sysinstall needs to be permanently > retired and bsdinstall needs work becoming a more complete tool (FWIW, > iXsystems has tentatively offered to pick up the maintainership of the installer so > that it's properly integrated into pc-sysinstall as we originally intended to do). > So we shouldn't be wasting effort on sysinstall. Please talk to Devin Teske > about his 'host-setup' tool first. Eitan, Do check out the latest version: http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/host-setup.txt Garrett, Maybe it's time to get host-setup added to the ports tree? Will increase its visibility at least. Yeah? -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.home | help
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